Pistons slip past Knicks in overtime

NEW YORK'S ALLAN HOUSTON loses control of the ball during the final seconds of overtime as Detroit's Tayshaun Prince moves in, Monday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

AP Photo NEW YORK -- Antonio McDyess scored just two points in his first game as a member of the Knicks, nearly a year and a half after they acquired him, and New York lost to Detroit 79-78 in overtime on Monday night.

McDyess returned to the court almost 14 months after he fractured his kneecap in a preseason game. The former All-Star and Olympian, acquired in a blockbuster deal that cost the Knicks two starters and a lottery pick, missed five shot attempts and a free throw before scoring his first point.

The Knicks scored only nine points in the third quarter and 14 in the fourth to fritter away a lead that had grown as large as 15.

Chauncey Billups scored seven of his 24 points in overtime for the Pistons, who walked off with the win after Mehmet Okur blocked Michael Doleac's jumper just before the final buzzer.

Allan Houston scored 20 for the Knicks.

Grizzlies 96, Celtics 89

BOSTON -- Pau Gasol scored 19 points and Lorenzen Wright added 14 points and 13 rebounds to lead Memphis to its first victory against Boston in more than three years.

Memphis snapped a five-game losing streak against the Celtics and avoided being swept by Boston for the third consecutive season. The last time that the Grizzlies beat the Celtics was a 98-87 win on Nov. 26, 2000.

CHICAGO -- Playing just a few hours after the trade that brought them from Toronto was finalized, Jerome Williams and Antonio Davis gave the Bulls the energy and enthusiasm they've lacked, and the team made coach Scott Skiles a winner over Milwaukee in his Chicago debut.

Williams finished with 13 points, a team-high 10 rebounds and four steals as Chicago snapped a seven-game losing streak.

Davis had 11 points, five rebounds and three blocked shots.

Crawford scored a career-high 30 points and tied his season high with eight assists.

He also had eight rebounds. Eddy Curry had 22 points.

Michael Redd had 26 points for the Bucks, and Desmond Mason had 18 points and 11 rebounds.